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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/hebrews/4.htm">New International Version</a> Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. <a href="/nlt/hebrews/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. <a href="/esv/hebrews/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore, of the promise to enter into His rest left remaining, we should fear, lest ever any of you should seem to have fallen short. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore, let us fear lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have fallen short of it. <a href="/amp/hebrews/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late. <a href="/csb/hebrews/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware that none of you be found to have fallen short. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it. <a href="/asv/hebrews/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. <a href="/cev/hebrews/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The promise to enter the place of rest is still good, and we must take care that none of you miss out. <a href="/erv/hebrews/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God's promise that we may enter his place of rest still stands. We are afraid that some of you think you won't enter his place of rest. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to have failed to receive that promised rest. <a href="/isv/hebrews/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it, <a href="/msb/hebrews/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. <a href="/net/hebrews/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Therefore let us be on our guard lest perhaps, while He still leaves us a promise of being admitted to His rest, some one of you should be found to have fallen short of it. <a href="/web/hebrews/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, anyone of you may seem to have come short, <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore, of the promise to enter into His rest left remaining, we should fear, lest ever any of you should seem to have fallen short. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short, <a href="/slt/hebrews/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Let us therefore fear, lest a solemn promise being left to come into his rest, any of you should seem to have failed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let us fear therefore lest the promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, we should be afraid, lest the promise of entering into his rest may be relinquished, and some of you may be judged to be lacking. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore, let us be on our guard while the promise of entering into his rest remains, that none of you seem to have failed. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> LET us therefore fear, while the prom ise of entering into his rest remains, lest some amongst you find they are prevented from entering. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Let us fear, therefore, lest, while The Promise of entering into his rest stands, any of you should be found to come short of entering.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Let us fear, therefore, lest, as a promise of entering into his rest still remains, any of you should seem to come short of it. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Then let us fear, lest at some time, the promise to enter into his rest having been left, some of you may appear to have come short. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> LET us fear then lest, though a promise be left of entering into his rest, any one of you should appear to fail of obtaining it. <a href="/mace/hebrews/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Let us therefore fear, lest any of us by rejecting the promise of entring into his rest, should be excluded from it. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Therefore let us be on our guard lest perhaps, while He still leaves us a promise of being admitted to His rest, some one of you should be found to have fallen short of it. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise still being left of entering into His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Let us therefore fear least a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to fall short of it: <a href="/parallel/hebrews/4-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=482" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">The Sabbath Rest</a> 1<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/greek/1860.htm" title="1860: epangelias (N-GFS) -- A promise. From epaggello; an announcement.">while the promise</a> <a href="/greek/1525.htm" title="1525: eiselthein (V-ANA) -- To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.">of entering</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2663.htm" title="2663: katapausin (N-AFS) -- From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode.">rest</a> <a href="/greek/2641.htm" title="2641: kataleipomenēs (V-PPM/P-GFS) -- From kata and leipo; to leave down, i.e. Behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining.">still stands,</a> <a href="/greek/5399.htm" title="5399: Phobēthōmen (V-ASP-1P) -- From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.">let us be careful</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">that none</a> <a href="/greek/4219.htm" title="4219: pote (Conj) -- When, at what time. From the base of pou and te; interrogative adverb, at what time."></a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object."></a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1380.htm" title="1380: dokē (V-PSA-3S) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem.">be deemed</a> <a href="/greek/5302.htm" title="5302: hysterēkenai (V-RNA) -- From husteros; to be later, i.e. to be inferior; generally, to fall short.">to have fallen short of it.</a> 2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12-19</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. / But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. / We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. ... <a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Hebrews 2:1-3</a> We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. / For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, / how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, <a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Hebrews 6:11-12</a> We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. / Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23-25</a> Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. / And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. / Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a> See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-12</a> I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ... <a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20-22</a> That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. / For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. <a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm">2 Peter 1:10-11</a> Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, / and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. <a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12-13</a> Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. / For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose. <a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21-23</a> Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a> “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ... <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a> not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— / not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it. <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a> In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-36</a> When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.” <a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7-11</a> For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.us therefore.<a href="/hebrews/4-11.htm">Hebrews 4:11</a> Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.<a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Hebrews 2:1-3</a> Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip… <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15,25</a> Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; … a promise.<a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9</a> There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.<a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a> After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.<a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a> Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.his.<a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3-5</a> For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world… See on ch.<a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Hebrews 3:11</a> So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)any.<a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21-23,26,27</a> Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven… <a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Matthew 24:48-51</a> But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; … <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-3</a> Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-1.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-7.htm">Failed</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-14.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-15.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-3.htm">Found</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Guard</a> <a href="/titus/1-16.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/titus/1-2.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-13.htm">Reach</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-17.htm">Short</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Unable</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Failed</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Found</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Guard</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/genesis/16-2.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Reach</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-37.htm">Short</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Unable</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 4</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">The Sabbath-Rest for Christians is attained by faith.</a> 12. <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">The power of God's word.</a> 14. <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">By our high priest Jesus, the Son of God,</a> 16. <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">we may and must go boldly to the throne of grace.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It serves as a transition, urging the audience to heed the lessons from Israel's history.while the promise of entering His rest still stands The "rest" refers to the spiritual rest offered by God, symbolized by the Promised Land in the Old Testament. This promise remains available, indicating that God's offer of salvation and eternal rest is still open. The concept of rest is rooted in the Sabbath rest of <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2</a> and is fulfilled in Christ, who offers rest for the soul (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>).let us be careful This phrase is a call to vigilance and self-examination. The original Greek implies a sense of fear or reverence, suggesting that believers should take seriously the possibility of missing out on God's rest. It echoes the exhortation in <a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12</a> to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling."that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it The warning is communal, addressing the entire faith community. The phrase "fallen short" suggests failing to reach a goal, similar to the Israelites who fell short of entering Canaan due to unbelief (<a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a>). It underscores the importance of faith and obedience in the Christian journey, as emphasized in <a href="/hebrews/11.htm">Hebrews 11</a>, the "faith chapter."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, encouraging them to remain steadfast in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_recipients.htm">The Recipients</a> Jewish Christians who were familiar with the Old Testament and the history of Israel. They were facing persecution and were tempted to revert to Judaism. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_rest.htm">The Promise of Rest</a> Refers to the spiritual rest that God offers, which is a continuation of the rest promised to the Israelites in the Old Testament. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The original recipients of God's promise of rest, which they failed to fully enter due to unbelief and disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_rest.htm">God's Rest</a> A concept rooted in the Sabbath rest and the Promised Land, symbolizing peace and fulfillment in God's presence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_faith.htm">The Urgency of Faith</a> The promise of entering God's rest is still available, but it requires active faith and obedience. Believers must be diligent in their spiritual walk to avoid falling short. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_rest.htm">The Nature of God's Rest</a> This rest is not merely physical but spiritual, offering peace and fulfillment in Christ. It is a foretaste of the eternal rest believers will experience in heaven. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_unbelief.htm">The Danger of Unbelief</a> Just as the Israelites failed to enter the Promised Land due to unbelief, Christians today must guard against a similar heart attitude that can prevent them from experiencing God's rest. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_perseverance.htm">The Call to Perseverance</a> The Christian life requires perseverance. Believers are encouraged to hold fast to their faith and not be swayed by external pressures or internal doubts. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a> Encouragement and accountability within the Christian community are vital. Believers should support one another in their journey toward God's rest.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 4</a> <a href="/q/how_do_believers_enter_god's_rest_amid_turmoil.htm">From Hebrews 4:1–3, how can we reconcile the promise of “entering his rest” when believers throughout history still face turmoil, suffering, and unrest? </a> <a href="/q/what's_a_christian_funeral_for.htm">What is the purpose of a Christian funeral?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_find_hope_in_despair.htm">How can I find rest from my burdens?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_fatigue.htm">What does the Bible say about fatigue?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Let us therefore fear.--The emphasis rests upon "fear," not upon "us." It is noteworthy that the writer begins with "Let us," though about to write "lest any of you;" he will have gained his object if he brings his readers to share his fear.Lest, a promise being left us.--Rather, lest haply, a promise being (still) left. No word must be inserted here that can diminish the generality of the words; in the sequel the statement will be repeated with all possible clearness. Here it is simply said that such a promise remains unexhausted, waiting for complete fulfilment. No Hebrew Christian would doubt this. As in Hebrews 1, the writer's aim is not to establish a truth absolutely new, but to show that in this and in that Scripture a received truth lies contained. Most of our earlier versions (following Luther and Erasmus) give to this clause a different turn, which cannot be correct: "Lest any of you by forsaking the promise of entering in His rest."Any of you should seem to come short of it.--Rather, any one of you should be accounted to have come short of it. The difficulty here lies in the words rendered "seem" or "be accounted." It appears impossible that the meaning can be "should even seem," or "should think himself," or "should show himself," to have failed. It may be that the writer avoids positive and direct language in speaking of what lies beyond mortal ken, and therefore reverently says "should seem to have come short of it." It is more probable that he is influenced by the figure contained in the next word, the falling short of a mark; and is thus led to refer to the judge who witnesses and declares the failure,--"Lest any one . . . be held (or, be adjudged) to have come short of" the promise.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Let us fear, therefore, lest, a promise being still left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short. This verse is a renewed warning against remissness, based (as is shown by the connecting οϋν) on the preceding argument, but introducing also, by means of the clause, καταλειπομένης, etc., a new thought, the elucidation of which is the subject of what follows. The new thought is that the true "rest of God," typified only by the rest of Canaan, remains still for the attainment of Christians. That this is the case has not yet been shown; and hence the clause, "a promise being still left." etc., does not point to a conclusion already arrived at, but to what is coming. The new thought is taken up in ver. 2, and what has been thus intimated in ver. 1 is asserted as a conclusion after proof in ver. 9. ἄρα ἀπολείπεται, etc. A different view of the drift of the warning in this verse, main-rained very decidedly by Ebrard, demands attention. It rests on the interpretation of δοκῇ ὑστερήκεναι, which is taken to mean "should think that he has come too late," i.e. for the promise of the rest, under the idea that its meaning had been exhausted in the rest of Canaan. It may be said in support of this view that such is the most obvious meaning of the phrase; that δοκεῖν in the New Testament most commonly means "think" or "suppose;" that the primary sense of ὑστερεῖν is that of being behindhand, either in place or in time; and that the perfect ὑστερήκεναι is thus accounted for, whereas, according to the usual interpretation, the whole phrase is unsuitable: why was not ὑστερήση written, if a mere warning against remissness was intended? Further, it may be said that what immediately follows is in favor of this view of the purport of the caution in ver. 1, being an evident carrying out of its idea. Thus the verse is supposed to be not at all a continuation of the previous hortatory section, but rather serving as the thesis of the coming argumentative section, though put in the form of a caution because imperfect appreciation of the view to be now established was at the root of the danger of the Hebrew Christians. Some of them at least did not fully grasp the true character of the gospel as being the fulfill-merit of the old dispensation, the realization of its types and promises. They were inclined to rest in the Law as a revelation to which the gospel was only supplementary, and hence to regard the promised land, the offer of which was before their time, as the only rest intended; and therefore the writer, after adducing the example of the Israelites under Moses as a warning against remissness, prefaces his exposition. of the true rest of God by a warning against misapprehending it. But against this view of the meaning of δοκῇ ὑστερήκεναι there are the following reasons: (1) The word φοβήθωμεν suggests rather (like βλέπετε) a warning against conduct that might lead to forfeiture than a correction of an inadequate conception; and οϋν connects the warning with what has gone before, in which the view of what the true rest is has not entered. (2) Though δοκεῖν is most frequently used in the New Testament in its sense of "thinking," "seeming to one's self," yet it has there, as in Greek generally, the sense also of "appearing," "seeming to others;" and certainly, as far as the word itself is concerned, may have this sense here. Also the verb ὑστερεῖν, though its primary idea (as of ὕστερος) is that of "coming after," is nevertheless invariably used in the New Testament to express "deficiency," or "falling short" (cf. especially in this Epistle, <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a>): it is never elsewhere (though capable of the meaning) used to express lateness in time. (3) The phrase, δοκῇ ὑστερήκεναι, in the sense of "seem to have fallen short" (rather than ὑστερήσῃ) is capable of being accounted for. One explanation of it, adopted by Alford, is indeed hardly tenable. He accounts for the past tense by supposing reference to the final judgment; taking it to mean, "lest any one of you should then appear [i.e. be found] to have fallen short." But the word δοκεῖν, which, however used, refers, not to what is made evident, but to what is thought or seems, refuses to be thus misinterpreted. It is better to take it as a softening expression. We may suppose that the writer (with a delicacy that reminds us of St. Paul) was unwilling to imply his own expectation of any failure; and so he only bids his readers beware of so living as even to present the appearance of it or suggest the thought of it to others. According to this view, the tense of ὑστερήκεναι is intelligible, the supposed deficiency spoken of being previous to its being perceived or suspected. It is not necessary to supply an understood genitive, such as "the promise," or "the rest," after ὑστερήκεναι. It may be used (as elsewhere) absolutely, to express deficiency or failure; i.e. in the conditions required for attainment. One view of its meaning is that it has reference to the idea of being behindhand in a race: but there is nothing in the context to suggest this figure. . . . <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/4-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Therefore, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. [ while ] the promise ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1860.htm">Strong's 1860: </a> A promise. From epaggello; an announcement. of entering εἰσελθεῖν (eiselthein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_1525.htm">Strong's 1525: </a> To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. rest κατάπαυσιν (katapausin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2663.htm">Strong's 2663: </a> From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode. still stands, καταλειπομένης (kataleipomenēs) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2641.htm">Strong's 2641: </a> From kata and leipo; to leave down, i.e. Behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining. let us be careful Φοβηθῶμεν (Phobēthōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5399.htm">Strong's 5399: </a> From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere. that none μή‿ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. of ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. you ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. be deemed δοκῇ (dokē) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1380.htm">Strong's 1380: </a> A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem. to have fallen short [of it]. ὑστερηκέναι (hysterēkenai) Verb - Perfect Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_5302.htm">Strong's 5302: </a> From husteros; to be later, i.e. to be inferior; generally, to fall short. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 4:1 Let us fear therefore lest perhaps anyone (Heb. 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